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U.S. Cyber Command turns 15: Is it ready to stand alone?

“Cyber Command has not grown to a level that I think it should right now. China has a cyber command capability that’s 10 times bigger,” said Don Bacon. The post U.S. Cyber Command turns 15: Is it ready to stand alone? first appeared on Federal News Network.
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New executive order targets federal cybersecurity gaps

“This executive order itself doesn’t impose any particular new requirements, but includes deletions and updates to prior executive orders,” said Townsend Bourne The post New executive order targets federal cybersecurity gaps first appeared on Federal News Network.
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New executive order targets federal cybersecurity gaps

“This executive order itself doesn’t impose any particular new requirements, but includes deletions and updates to prior executive orders,” said Townsend Bourne The post New executive order targets federal cybersecurity gaps first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Microsoft introduces protection against email bombing

By the end of July 2025, all Microsoft Defender for Office 365 customers should be protected from email bombing attacks by default, Microsoft has announced on Monday. What is email bombing? Email bombing (aka spam bombing) is an attack technique that results in large volumes of email messages being sent to one or more target email addresses. It used to be performed by signing the target email address up to email list subscriptions, but these … More → The post Microsoft introduces protection against email bombing appeared first on Help Net Security.
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New executive order targets federal cybersecurity gaps

“This executive order itself doesn’t impose any particular new requirements, but includes deletions and updates to prior executive orders,” said Townsend Bourne The post New executive order targets federal cybersecurity gaps first appeared on Federal News Network.
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DHS terminates two contracts, moving work to GSA

After small businesses spent hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of dollars on FirstSource III and PACTS III bids, DHS decided to cancel them. The post DHS terminates two contracts, moving work to GSA first appeared on Federal News Network.
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DHS terminates two contracts, moving work to GSA

After small businesses spent hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of dollars on FirstSource III and PACTS III bids, DHS decided to cancel them. The post DHS terminates two contracts, moving work to GSA first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)

If you haven’t recently updated the Sudo utility on your Linux box(es), you should do so now, to patch two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463) that have been disclosed on Monday. What is Sudo? Sudo is command-line utility in Unix-like operating systems that allows a low-privilege user to execute a command as another user, typically the root/administrator user. The utility effectively grants temporary elevated privileges without requiring the user to log in as root. … More → The post Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cloudflare blocks AI crawlers by default, letting sites choose what gets scraped

Cloudflare is now the first major internet infrastructure company to block AI crawlers by default when they try to access website content without permission or payment. Starting today, website owners can choose whether to allow AI crawlers and set rules for how their content is used. “Original content is what makes the Internet one of the greatest inventions in the last century, and it’s essential that creators continue making it. AI crawlers have been scraping … More → The post Cloudflare blocks AI crawlers by default, letting sites choose what gets scraped appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Google patches actively exploited Chrome (CVE‑2025‑6554)

Google has released a security update for Chrome to address a zero‑day vulnerability (CVE-2025-6554) that its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered and reported last week. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-6554 exists in the wild,” the company said. About CVE-2025-6554 CVE-2025-6554 is a type confusion vulnerability in V8, the JavaScript and WebAssembly engine at the heart of Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by serving crafted HTML pages … More → The post Google patches actively exploited Chrome (CVE‑2025‑6554) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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